Special Guest: Dan Riedel with the Cruisin’ the Grove cool car show and Chris Phillip with 2018 Mustang Dream Give Away.   Dan Riedel Director of Cruisin’ the Grove Put this at the top of your list for car shows. They take one of the main streets of nostalgic downtown Elm Grove and transform it…

Concours d’ Elegance the “Pebble Beach of the Midwest” and the popular Show & Glow Paddock.     Surprisingly, these two shows have combined their love for vehicles into one fantastic event. Imagine walking onto a beautiful Concours prepared landscape seeing rare automobiles being judged by world renown appraisers. Then wandering into a paddock of…

  Guests Bob Bennett has a premiere hot rod shop in the Milwaukee area and John Ewert is the Communications Director for Road America, plus Mark Neldner from the Drifters “Make a Wish” car show.   Bob Bennett Bennett Coachworks His shop works on everything from Concourse vehicles, hot rods cruising the streets and pro-street…

The 2018 Iola Interviews An 8 part series of the interviews with the staff of the Iola Car Show, Jo Coddington, Henry Winkler, Jim and Mike Ring, the gals from All Girls Garage, Gene Winfield, KC Mathieu, Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster) and Ralph Holguin – RMD Garage. 206: Jo Coddington  207: Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster) …

We have a big show with 3 Guests! Mike Ring Ring Brothers Spring Green, Wisconsin Mike, and brother Jim, will be up at Iola Car Show and Swap Meet from Thursday, July 12th through Saturday, July 14th. The Rings are a major player in crafting beautiful  vehicles. They continue to impress world builders and collectors.…

We will have two great guests:  Jo Coddington from American Hot Rod TV and Tim McCormick from Milwaukee’s Harley Davidson Museum.   Jo Coddington Jo will coming to Wisconsin’s Iola Car Show and Swap, July 12 to 14th. She will be signing autographs and providing services for veterans. Joe Opperman, Marketing Director said “Jo is…

Henry Winkler will be coming to this year’s Iola Car Show and Swap from July 12th to the 14th. It’s going to be a really cool time talking with Henry. Can you say “AAAAEEEEE”. And here is something that is really, really cool – We are going to be talking to the Fonz about being…

Joe Opperman Director Public Relations and Marketing – Iola Car Show and Swap Meet Voted as one of the best car show and swap meets in America – the Iola Car Show and Swap. This 3 day event brings in over 120,000 people, offers over 4,200 swap booths to choose from, host over 2,200 classic,…

Mike Gierach Thiensville – Mequon Lions Club We have to admit – we (Captn’ Bob and Arlo) have never been to this show. Yet…through the years we kept hearing about what a fantastic show this is. How the location is a perfect setting and it’s organized by great car people. This year we said we…

Chris Tribbey He will be riding his 1911 Excelsior Motorcycle from Portland, Main to Portland, Oregon in what is considered the most difficult antique endurance run in the world. The event is called the Motorcycle Cannonball. Nuts…right? Not according to Chris and a whole bunch of antique motorcycle enthusiasts. They will be riding everything from his…